Undated

Dear Mother:

As you can see by the above address, I am back here again. I didn't want to cut it too close and my money was running rather short.

Had tea with Mrs. Culbertson on Friday. She is going to Twoford, a small country village near Reading. It is very beautiful country. She is going to live in one of t he old inns to get the atmosphere. It is near Oxford Henley and many very ancient towns.

On Saturday I went out to Hornchurch, as it was Empire Air Day. Hornchurch has two fighter squadrons and they put up a real show. They even rolled in flights which is very difficult. Imagine three aeroplanes rolling one slow roll.

The outside man has to do a huge roll, while the inside man a small, very slow one. The day before the display four were killed and during the display I believe the R.A.F. lost ten men, so it was rather a costly affair.

During the manoeuvres we could hear the squadron leader giving commands by radio to his squadron while he led it.

It has been 80o above the whole week and in a moist climate like this very stick.

Well, by this time next week I shall probably be hurtling about in the sky in a single seater Fighter - some fun eh?

All the parks in London were filled to capacity - many bands playing, etc. It was very nice to recline in a deck chair and listen to His Majesty's band.

I certainly wished that I could come home and park on you for my holidays. It costs too much to live out during leave, at least it strikes me that way.

I suppose Ronny is quite a lad now. I haven't had a picture of him since last September, so don't know what he looks like.

Love Bill